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B. J. BROOKS.

SEAL. N0. 521',134., Patented June 5, 1894.

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EDWVARD J. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY,

AssIeNoR TO THE E. J. BROOKS & COMPANY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

SEAL...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,134, dated June 5,1894.

Application filed February 12,1894. Serial No. 499,935. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

3e it known that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a cltizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of East Orange, in-the State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Seals, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates primarily to improvements on what are known asbutton seals,

as set forth in the specification of Alphonse Friedrick forming part ofLetters Patent No. 174,797, dated March 14, 1876; that is to saypress-fastened seals in which the compressible soft metal portioncomprises two disks united by a shank or stem around which the flex bleshackle-wire is wrapped or twisted preliminary to the pressingoperation.

The invention may also be embodied in part in what are known aslead-and-wire horseshoe seals as set forth in my previous specificationsforming part of Letters Patent No. 294,576, dated March 4, 1884; No.368,126, dated August 9, 1887, and No. 512,274, dated January 9, 1894.

The present invention consists in provid ing such seals with a cut-prooflining of tagger-lron, or any suitable hard material, to preventreleasing either shackle-end by cutting 1nto the pressed seal withoutsuch mutilation thereof as to insure detection; and in so constructingthe improved seal that all its parts may be assembled cold, and thuswith increased economy as compared with seals in wh 1 ch the wire andsafety devices are cast 1n.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 to 3 and 5 and 6 of the drawings represent the separate partsof which the improved seal as a whole is preferably composed; Fig. 1being an elevation of the shacklewlre; Fig. 2 face, edge and sectionalviews of the principal softmetal part, hereinafter termed the mainseal-part; Fig. 3 face, edge and sectional views of that part of thecutproof lining appropriate to said main sealpart and hereinafter termedthe inner liningpart; Fig. 5 face, edge and sectional views of a capwhich completes the lining and is herelnafter termed the lining-cap andFig. 6 face,

edge and sectional views of the flanged cap or front disk whichpreferably completes the.

view of the wire, main seal-part, and inner lining-part, Figs. 1, 2 and3, as preliminarily united in course of manufacture by a pressingoperation, and Fig. 4 is a magnified section on the line a-a. Fig. 4.Fig. 7 is a like view of the completed seal as it leaves the factory,with said lining-cap and seal-cap attached by riveting, and Fig. 7 is asectional edge view with said lining-cap and seal-cap in section on theline b-b Fig. 7. Fig. 8 is a sectional face view of the improved sealready for the press. Fig. 9 is a face view of the pressed seal; and Fig.9 is a magnified section on the line 0-0 Fig. 9.

Like letters and numbers refer to like parts in all the figures.

In making the improved seal, a flexible shackle A (Fig. 1) of suitablelength, and preferably of single wire of a suitable gage, is furnishedat one end with a loop 1, which may be of the open horseshoe form shownin Fig. 1, or of any of the forms shown in said Letters Patent Nos.294,576, 368,126, and 512,274; a main seal-part B (Fig. 2), of lead orequivalent compressible material, is cast or pressed so as to have adisk the face of which is provided with a notched marginal flange 2, anda central stem having two shoulders 3 4, with a rivet-stud 5 projectingbeyond the outermost shoulder; a cup-shaped lining-part C (Fig. 3)having a central aperture 6 loosely fitted to that part of the stem ofthe main seal-part B which adjoins its disk, and fitted as a whole tothe space within said marginal flange 2 of said seal-part, and alining-cap D (Fig. 5) of like shape only larger and having a smalleraperture 7 fitted to said rivet-stud 5 of the main seal-part, arepreferably punched from tagger-iron, but may be of any suitable hardmaterial stamped, molded or pressed into shape, or partly of clothor'paper coated with a hardening substance and. pressed into shape; anda front seal-disk or seal-cap E (Fig. 6), preferably of the samematerial as said seal-part B, and formed in like manner, is constructedwith a central aperture 8 fitted to said rivet-stud 5, and preferablywith a marginal flange 9 fitted to embrace said lining-cap D. Inassembling the parts, said inner lining-part G is applied to said mainseal-part B so as to rest on its disk within the flange 2, and the loop1 of the shackle-wire A is then engaged with said seal-part as in saidhorseshoe seals, after which these parts are united by upsetting saidshoulder 3 of the main seal-part upon said loop 1, as in said LettersPatent No. 512,274. Figs. 4 and 4 represent the parts A B and G as thusproliminarily united. The lining-cap D and the seal-cap E are thensuccessively or simultaneously applied face downward upon the shoulderat of the seal-part B, and the rivetstud 5 is headed down so as topreliminarily attach these parts D and E as in Figs. 7 and 7 Thiscompletes the seal as an article of commerce; all its parts beingsecurely united at the factory so that it is shipped and handled asconveniently as if composed of but one part.

After threading the free-end 10 of the shackle-wire A through a pair ofcar-door staples F (Figs. 8 and 9) or the like, said freeend is wrappedone or more times around the stem of the main seal-part8 between theseparated flanges of the inner lining-part G and lining cap D and thoseof said seal-part B and seal-cap E, as illustrated by Fig. 8, whichprepares the seal to be fastened by an ordinary seal-press in customarymanner. In the pressed seal, Figs. 9 and 9, said loop 1 of theshackle-wire and also one or more loops of its free-end 10 are securelyinclosed within a cut-proof lining formed by said inner liningpart C andsaid lining-cap D substantially as shown in Fig. 9, while the whole isinclosed in the lead or compressible material of the seal, which flowstogether within the press, and receives and retains the distinguishingmarks with which the respective dies of the seal-press are provided.

The shackle-wire A may if desired be provided with an open loop 11(Fig. 1) at its free-end to facilitate engaging this end with theseal-part B preparatory to the hnal pressing operation; or said free-endmay be provided with a closed loop 12 (Fig. 4) to engage with the stemof said seal-part the lining-cap D and seal-cap E being in this caseomitted; or in the button-shaped seal (with two disks) either of thelining-parts O and D may be omitted, or if the lining-cap D be employedthe seal-cap E may be omitted without destroying the functions oithen'emarning parts; and other like modifications will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described the said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification-- 1. The combination, in aseal, of a flexible shackle provided with a loop at one end, acompressible seal-part comprising a flanged disk and a shouldered stem,and a cup-shaped lining-part, of cut-proof inaterial to inclose theloops of the shackle-wire within the fastened seal, these parts beingpreliminarily united with each other by the metal of saidstem,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

2. The improved seal composed of a flexible shackle-wire having a loopat one end, a compressible seal-part comprising a flanged d sk and ashouldered stem, the latter terminating in a rivet-stud, and acup-shaped inner-liningpart surrounding said loop and stem within theflange of said seal-part, united with each other by an upset shoulder ofsaid stem, and a cup-shaped lining-capand a flanged seal-cap opposed tosaid inner lining part and flanged disk and attached by said rivet-stud,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

ED\VARD J. BROOKS.

-Witncsses:

H. L. (J. WENK, N. S. KLINE.

